§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, seeing that crime is increasing in Egypt, will he say whether any effort is being made to bring about a modification of the capitulations, and a decrease of crime.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE,) RochesterThe increase of crime reported in Lord Cromer's annual despatch has occurred among the native population and would not be affected in any material degree by a modification of the capitulations.